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Rural Women's Power in South Asia
Pashington Obeng
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Description for Rural Women's Power in South Asia
Paperback. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFSJ; JHM; JPA; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, class and religion in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh It examines the gendered divisions of labor in rural communities and how countervailing forces have restricted women's status and roles in South Asia.
This book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, class and religion in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh It examines the gendered divisions of labor in rural communities and how countervailing forces have restricted women's status and roles in South Asia.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Series
Gender, Development and Social Change
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349457847
SKU
V9781349457847
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Ref
99-15
About Pashington Obeng
Pashington Obeng is Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, USA. In 2011-2012 he was Madeleine Haas Russell Visiting Professor at Brandeis University and has also taught at Brown and Harvard Universities, USA. He is the author of Shaping Membership, Defining Nation: The Cultural Politics of African Indians in South Asia (2007).
Reviews for Rural Women's Power in South Asia
“This book is an important contribution for the insight it provides into the veritable manner … . This book would, however, also be a useful resource for those involved in development work, as the case studies effectively outline the extent and nature of impact of interventions that aim to increase the visibility of women in public spaces.” (Kalindi Kokal, South ... Read more